- Source: Bop Girl
"Bop Girl" is the debut single of Australian pop singer Pat Wilson. The song was written by her then-husband, Ross Wilson of the bands Daddy Cool and Mondo Rock. "Bop Girl" was released in September 1983, peaking at number two on the Australian Kent Music Report, number ten in New Zealand and number 28 in South Africa. At the 1983 Countdown Music Awards, the song won Best Debut Single. Wilson was also nominated for Most Popular Female Performer and "Bop Girl" was nominated for Best Promotional Video.
Music video
Film maker Gillian Armstrong directed "Bop Girl"'s music video. It is the screen debut of 15-year-old Nicole Kidman playing the role of one of three young "bop girls". Kidman was chosen by Armstrong; songwriter Ross Wilson recalled that Kidman was to represent "an up and coming starlet with a bright future." Kidman herself insisted that the video be used for both a BBC documentary about her career, and in an American Cinematheque tribute (November 2003), with the result that the video returned to Australian music video play lists in 2004. The music video was shot in South Coogee. Much of the video was a pixilation animation in time with the music. At the Countdown Australian Music Awards for 1983, it was nominated for Best Promotional Video.
Track listings
7-inch vinyl (WEA – 7–259854)
"Bop Girl" – 3:51
"Tacky" – 3:17
12-inch vinyl (WEA – 0–259850)
"Bop Girl" – 4:33
"Tacky" – 3:17
Charts
In popular culture
"Bop Girl" was featured in the short-lived 1980s American sci-fi show Otherworld episode "Rock n' Roll Suicide", with the two young members of the family performing it in a talent show. The song was featured as the title song for the short-lived Being Lara Bingle.
References
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- Kidz Bop
- My Sassy Girl (film 2001)
- Judy Tyler
- That's My Girl
- Girl vs. Monster
- Zendaya
- Sabrina Carpenter
- Unbreakable – The Greatest Hits Vol. 1
- Released
- Michael Brecker
- Bop Girl
- Pat Wilson
- Bop Girl Goes Calypso
- Judy Tyler
- Ross Wilson (musician)
- Nicole Kidman on screen and stage
- Bop It
- Kidz Bop
- George O'Hanlon
- Nicole Kidman discography
